--- Chapter 32 ---
A day passed quickly after Ling Yun and Ling Jie visited the Imperial Palace to send an invitation to the Blue Wind Ranking Tournament.
Hayate has refined his profound energy more and reached the 1st level of Emperor Profound Realm. His soul obtained a unique quality after reaching this stage.
At first, Hayate was confused by Chu Yuechan's clue to reach the Emperor Profound Realm.
"To consolidate one's soul into the higher stage and resurrect itself flawlessly after one's physical body is destroyed."
Yes, Hayate was given a clue by Chu Yuechan when they stayed in Dragon God's second trial. They didn't just live there and try to hunt profound beasts every day.
Chu Yuechan reached the 1st level of Emperor Profound Realm after consolidating her soul for one whole month. Her power exploded in a large margin and enabled her to seal the horde of Emperor Profound Beast in thick ice.
Those who reach this level are referred to as [Thrones] and can use the power of Domain.
Chu Yuechan had shown an ability to create a field of extreme coldness.
The entire field is white like snow, and a stunning contrast accidentally was created with a black-haired woman in the center.
She stood silently in the center while hundreds of Emperor Profound Beast turned to ice statues around her.
Chu Yuechan requested Hayate to name her Domain because he helped her through this rough journey, which she secretly aimed to get a reminiscence from him.
Every time Chu Yuechan used her Domain, she would remember that Hayate named it for her.
Hayate's naming sense is not the greatest, but he tried his best not to assemble a weird name for Chu Yuechan's Domain.
In the end, Hayate decided to refer to Chu Yuechen's Domain as the "Snowy White World." and she gratefully accepted it.
It's uncomplicated three words yet fitted perfectly for Chu Yuechan's Domain because sometimes simple is the best.
--- Secluded Cultivation Ground ---
"And here am I." Hayate sighed because he couldn't fully manifest his Domain for some reason.
A translucent hemisphere field roughly 14 meters in height and 28 meters in width gradually formed around him, but nothing extraordinary happened.
It's like an empty canvas established by pure spiritual and profound energy.
"Ah, an empty canvas..." Hayate suddenly realized something.
He closed his eyes and connected one of the Kaiju Core with
the Domain.
SWISH!
A field quickly filled with wild breeze and sand, causing the entire area around Hayate to become a sandstorm field.
Hayate could feel everything within the sandstorm and detected kinetic energy created from sand grains particles brushing each other.
"Heh, what about this." Hayate flicked his finger, and a small piece of rock traveled quickly out of the sandstorm.
The rock accelerated quickly and penetrated the thick iron gate like it was nothing. A small hole clearly was left behind by the bullet-like rock, which had a smooth surface.
"Well, let's call that sand bullet." He commented casually.
He changed to another core and caused a green flame to erupt around him. A faint image of a phoenix appeared behind Hayate and synergized with his Phoenix Bloodline.
A few minerals appeared below Hayate and shone in brilliant emerald light.
He picked a random mineral and shaped it with flame, creating a slender emerald dart. It's a beautiful piece of jewelry and a lot harder than steel.
"Not bad."
"I can make a few more of these and coat them in poison."
"Well, massacre."
Hayate smiled wryly and tried to fuse the sandstorm domain with the current field. A fierce clash occurred for a second.
Swoosh! Bam!
He clenched his fist and maintained a balance between two cores.
The other core possessed a much higher quality, which made him use the inferior one as a support for the mixed Domain.
Hayate's hemisphere field shrank in half and solidified into a green flame tornado area. Each tornado contained precious minerals that clashed with each other rapidly.
"What about adding Evil God's fire seed and Dragon God's Soul into it." Hayate punctured his chest lightly and released a crimson-azure aura.
Cough!
Hayate suffocated suddenly, and his heartbeat increased violently.
He knelt on the ground and witnessed the Domain crumble to pieces for being too compressed. The size actually was reduced to one-eight of the original field.
Crack! Boom!
Hayate quickly released all the combinations and returned the Domain to a blank canvas state again. He sighed in relief because no further damage had happened.
"Sheesh." Hayate raised his gaze to the high ceiling.
"That was awesome."
"If I could maintain the fourth combination, I wouldn't have a problem against low Tyrant Profound Realm."
It's only an estimated value from Hayate's calculation, but the last combination basically enhanced everything he had.
Hayate could increase his defensive, offensive, and support capability by more than 500% inside Domain.
"Myriad..." He muttered thoughtfully.
"Kaiju?"
"Hmm, Origin?"
"Myriad Origin Kaiju Domain?"
Hayate began to close his eyes and meditated for hours, letting Jasmine witness how bizarre he was from his inner world.
"Cultivating is like building a solid tower."
"I could breakthrough into a new stage without any problem with Myriad Genesis veins, but I would miss the importance of each stage."
"What's my profound way?" He questioned himself.
A clear path seemingly was created in front of Hayate, which caused him to wryly smile because it would be a super-easy mode for him.
However, He wants a challenge.
Hayate always felt thrilled when fighting a wild beast in his last world. He enjoyed hunting and rarely used any device because Kaiju Cores were his best weapon.
"Little Ghost." He opened his eyes and saw the young lady standing in front of him.
"Any reports?"
Little Ghost nodded and handed a small piece of paper to Hayate, making him read it for a few seconds.
"Burning Heaven Clan recruited a talented physician?" Hayate frowned slightly. "Their medicine sales increased a lot in the last three weeks."
"Heh, such a person appeared." He was amused because Ghost planted within Burning Heaven Clan should have known this talented physician's identity.
Hayate flipped the paper and saw Yun Che's name with several achievements written neatly.
"Yun Che... Xiao Che?" He glanced at Little Ghost, who nodded her head again.
"It's the same person." Little Ghost answered naturally.
"Xiao Che actually was adopted by Xiao Clan, so he changed his family name when kicked out of the clan."
"According to the Burning Heaven Clan's Ghost, he met one of the young masters of the clan by accident. Since they were amazed by his ability, they recruited him into the clan."
"Yun Che showed a talent in the medical field and was able to create complex medicine to cure rare diseases."
"He reached the Nascent Profound Realm in a few months with Burning Heaven Clan's resources."
"Furthermore, He was assigned to bring Fen Juechen back to the clan, causing him to meet Princess Cang Yue accidentally weeks ago." Little Ghost finished her report, which caused Hayate to ponder about something for a moment.
"Assigned some Ghost to monitor him," Hayate instructed indifferently.
'For someone who used to possess two of seven profound heavenly treasures, he shouldn't be a normal guy.'
Hayate glanced at his inner world and watched a silver pendant floating silently in the corner. It released a dim ethereal white glow, which did not affect anything for some reason.
He had never touched Mirror of Samsara. Even though it ranked last, It was also the most mysterious treasure out of the seven.
On the other hand, Hayate learned Sky Poison Pearl better as he possessed Miracle of Life. It's a perfect tool for him because he can create pills without too much problem now.
"I'll say your order to the nearest Ghost." Little Ghost disappeared into the shadows.
Since Little Ghost is Hayate's personal Ghost, she couldn't part away from him for too long unless he instructed her. She could only tell other Ghosts to do the job.
Hayate watched the empty air and asked, "Jasmine, when would you teach me your movement technique?"
"Right now."
Jasmine appeared from the inner world and floated in front of Hayate. She stared at him with an annoyed look and started to perform a series of movements.
Hayate's eyes scanned Jasmine carefully and witnessed her speed instantaneously explode, becoming so quick that even the afterimages created by the movement will not have enough time to fade away.
Swoosh!
Jasmine created four afterimages, and each of them possessed solid appearances just like herself.
"This profound movement technique is called Star God's Broken Shadow." She stated while stopping near Hayate.
"It's a special technique that only the twelve-star gods of the Star Gods Realm could practice."
"There are eight stages in this technique, which show how much shadow one could create."
Jasmine used her Star God's Broken Shadow again and created six identical afterimages.
"I only mastered the 6th stage so far." She commented solemnly.
"Hmm?"
"Hey, are you listening?"
She moved her gaze and looked at Hayate, who seemed to fall asleep.
"..." Jasmine was about to slap Hayate, but he slowly opened his eyes.
"I see..." Hayate whispered slightly.
"It's an amazing technique, Jasmine."
"I might have caught the fundamentals of the technique."
He lifted his body from the ground and clenched his leg muscles for a moment. He breathed in and out, lunging forward with a similar movement to Jasmine.
Jasmine's eyes widened because Hayate learned the technique faster than she expected.
"Wait... That isn't Star God's Broken Shadow." She said with a surprised tone.
Hayate smirked because lightning scattered and formed into a solid copy of him. He only grasped Jasmine's fundamentals and not the technique itself.
After all, It was based on extreme acceleration and an explosion of speed, causing the afterimages don't have enough time to fade away.
Hayate learned the fundamentals and combined them with [Storm Zinogre]'s ability to manipulate wind lightning.
He created a new technique, which used wind lighting to enhance his movement, exploding his speed continuously and creating more tangible afterimages.
"3000 Lightning Movement."
"It's the name of this new technique."
Hayate stopped and patted Jasmine's head gently.
"D-Don't pat me!" Jasmine reacted like an angry kitten, causing Hayate to chuckle.
"How cute of you," Hayate commented while looking at the afterimages he created, which haven't disappeared.
"Well, I'll add one more year in the agreement."
Jasmine crossed her arms and commented, "H-Hmph, at least you're a grateful guy."
Hayate shook his head and said, "However, we haven't finished it yet."
"I still want to improve my new technique."
"Your Star God's Broken Shadow would be a good reference." He laughed mischievously.
"Y-You jerk!" Jasmine responded while punching his chest lightly.
"Hahaha..."
--- 6 days later ---
Jasmine dropped on the bed with a dark eye bag around her eyes and watched Hayate's inner world sky with a tired expression.
She actually was forced to demonstrate Star God's Broken Shadow three thousand times every day.
If they were in Hayate's last world, he'd enter the prison because of child labor.
Well, Jasmine isn't an ordinary girl.
"Uugh..."
"That mad jerk."
"Just wait..." Jasmine whispered to herself. "I'll beat you up after recovering from this poison."
Meanwhile, Hayate was having lunch with Cang Yue and Fen Juechen, who surprisingly didn't return to the Burning Heaven Clan.
"What happened to your hair?" Hayate asked Fen Juechen, who coughed on his tea.
Fen Juechen's hair became shorter than before, which made Hayate curious for some reason. He hadn't seen him for months and didn't expect such a change.
"I-It's nothing." Fen Juechen answered nervously. "Just a side effect of my training."
"Oh, I see." Hayate nodded in understanding.
"How is the preparation, Cang Yue?"
Cang Yue placed her tea on the table and answered, "We are ready to go."
"Father also said we don't have to worry about the situation here."
Hayate moved his gaze to Fen Juechen again and asked, "Hey, have you heard about a guy called Yun Che?"
Fen Juechen gradually frowned like he remembered something annoying. "Why did you ask?" He returned with suspicion.
"Nothing." Hayate shrugged his shoulders.
"I'm just curious, that's it."
Fen Juechen glared at Hayate and sighed because he didn't seem to know anything.
"Yun Che is my brother's right hand." He answered with a complex expression.
"He had become a rising star in the Burning Heaven Clan and told to bring me back there."
Fen Juechen clenched his fist and added, "However, I declined because that place won't do anything good to me."
"Especially when my brother still has great influence over the clan."
Hayate patted Fen Juechen's shoulder and commented, "Don't worry."
"You can call me anytime if you ever need my help."
"After all, Silver Lake City needed a talented person like you."
Fen Juechen smiled slightly and said, "I'll keep your words in mind."